Text Box: YAM HOUSE Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea 76 x 61cm / 24” x 30” Acrylic on canvas Text Box: In most Pacific islands, yams have important ceremonial functions as well as being the staple diet. No special occasion is complete without a feast of yams and hogs. Here in the Trobriand Islands to the east of Papua New Guinea, special yam houses are constructed to store the tubers once they are harvested in May-June. The colors of this Kiriwina yam house indicate it is the property of the chief. However, the chief and his family never eat the yams from their own yam house; they are, instead, distributed to people in the clan who are in need. Text Box:

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